The Clifton clarion., 1887-07-06
Lordsburg Correspondence.

oO-<0O dull, no doubt owing to the epi- demical dullness that is prevalent in this part of Grant county and the Territory at large. Cattlemer complain of the dryness of the present season which, has worked hardship on them in their indus try; but at this moment dark, low ering clouds are hanging over the mountain tops promising an early wet season. With occasional rains during the year Grant county is blessed with the finest natural pasturage in the world. The grasses are rich in nutrimert, mak- ing beef that is as sweet and as wholesome as any stable-fed beef. Perhaps in time the seasons may change as population increases, as it has done in Texas and Kansas, which at one time was subject to periodical droughts.
 Even though it be dull the spirit of improving property here has not abated. Preparations are be- ing quietly made by business men and others to spring a boom in real estate as soon as the Southern Pacific company have laid the water-mains from their we'll at Shakespeare to town; and it is a safe prediction to make that the boom will not be of the mushroom order, as Lordsburg, in the fitness of things, pertaining to commer- cial centre and as a natural dis tributing point, is happily located.
 MINING MATTERS
 at Leitendorf, Col. Greens Gyp- sey Queen property, with the ten stamp mill and concentrating plant, is making a remarkable run since Captain John Boucher has had charge. The ore is what is usually termed low grade, running, on assay, from SIP to S2O to the ton. The concentrates are ship ped to and treated at Socorro. The mine and mill is running on full time. The Pyramid Gold and Silver Mining Company's property IS lying idle. The mill and ma chinery of this company is the most complete in point of perfec- ton of any twenty-stamp outfit in either Territory. It has every ap- pliance to treat gold and silver ore and a good mine (the Viola) to be supplied from. The property is owned in part by Eastern spec ulators, through non assessable stock; hence the game is one of If thls mill would start up from 75 to 100 men would De employed.
 SHAKESPEARE.
 Quite a number of miners are doing thelr annual assessment work on their mines, and it is whispered about that before the advent of 1888 a good sized smelt- ng plant will have been erected, either here or here at Lordsburg, oy parties from Pennsylvania.
 STEMS PASS.
 News comes from there that though the dull times have had 'ome bearing on the district, yet steady output of mineral is pro- regularly and shipments 'ollow accordingly. Returns from . carload of ore out of the Bachelor nine netted SIP per ton to the owners, Messrs. Classen, Wyatt md (Baldy Bob) Williams. The mines are undergoing development: The Volcano, Poca- lontas and Beck group. The ship nent alluded to above was sold Der sample at Fl Paso, Texas.
 MALONE.
 Double shifts are working on he Bulldog and Tenderfoot mines. Dude Snyder is the superintend- mt. These are the mines recently purchased by St. Louis capitalists rom Messrs. Snyder and Malone. t is stated on authority that ten 'tamp mill will shortly be erected.
 GOLD HILL.
 Here is the future bonanza camp ,f this part of Grant county. On he platform at the Southern Pa fife depot here are several car oads of ore to be shipped. The ,re is from the following named hines: Grand Tower, Black Harry, Yankee Girl, Dunderburg, and rom some new prospects, the of which your correspond mt did not learn. A force of men Ire sinking a shaft on the Golden Cross; and Messrs. Cunningham md Wal1c ara drivinU drifts hoth